[rellimpank]

--of concern to all legitimate hunters and firearm owners--

[ccmay]

Someone was probably tired of the geese crapping on everything. They are pigs with wings. I don’t really care what happens to them.

[DieHard the Hunter]

I’m opposed to indescriminate shooting of animals.

Could it be that the dead Canada Geese were culled as some sort of legal pest control? I know that in large numbers (say 200+) they can get very territorial and quite dangerous to small children. I have seen them take over an entire playground and chase off anybody who comes near: even dogs.

Short of some sort of legal cull, tho’: those dead geese are an inexcusable waste.

[ClearCase_guy]

To sum it up: Bad things are happening out in the fields, where some hunters are irresponsible. And in conclusion, we need to clean up the video game industry.

I'd phrase it differently: We live in a culture of death. Over 50 million aborted babies, active euthaniasia movements, etc. But some folks think the big issue is centered around geese. Clueless do-gooders.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Thrill killing — you have it in the city, you have it in the country. Fairly rare, but disgusting in all forms.

[em2vn]

A human can be murdered, not so an animal. It seems the writer may be one of those people moving into the west who abhor hunting or objective reporting.

[TChris]

An increasing wasted antelope body count littering the gas fields near Rock Springs and Pinedale, Wyoming.

With the huge influx of out-of-staters due to the energy boom, I'm going to hazard a guess that it's not Wyoming folks doing this.

That said, a guy could shoot a lot of antelope in Wyoming and probably die of old age before doing any significant harm to the population. Not that it's right...

[KarlInOhio]

I hate to see the needless killing and waste of the rest of the animals, but Canada Poopers have become such a nuisance that instead of a gun season we need to have a proximity fused antiaircraft artillery season so that whole flocks can be taken out in short order.

[pabianice]

Strange how the good people who are raging about this demand that the law-abiding be disarmed in our Deep Blue Cesspool Cities, ravaged daily by gangbangers and career criminals (who vote "D"). Liberalism IS a mental desease.

[Tenacious 1]

I am a hunter. I do not see the thrill in killing. Not to be cliche, but the thrill is in the hunt. The kill is the culmination of a lot of work and effort. The prize is the food you harvest in nature for yourself and the family, along with an occasional mount to show.

It is an ever shrinking group of hunters that can brag about the skills they have learned and gained through experience through hunting. Tracking different animals, their sizes and speed is a talent that is being lost by generation. Sneaking quietly into the woods and disguising yourself to ambush prey takes patience, calm and cunning. Hunting should be a measure of self discipline and ambition.

[eastforker]

Senselessly murdered mule deer...................I stopped reading after that statement.

[antiRepublicrat]

Thanks for the title, now I’ll have Ministry’s “So What” in my head all day. At least it’s a good song.

[Atlas Sneezed]

A couple hooved animals and a flock of birds killed in our nation of millions of hunters? That is a miracle, not a tragedy.

[cripplecreek]

Probably not “thrill killing”. I suspect more of a pest management issue. However they should not have been wasted.

Now if only there was a swan season.

[wrench]

Canadas carry and spread Black Leg disease to cattle. Canadas at a watering hole used by cattle can be very expensive to a cattle farmer.

[brytlea]

I find the word murdered in relation to a deer to be silly, however.